Perennials for zone 3
These 8,397 perennials grow in USDA zone 3. Zone 3 winters reach -40 to -30°F (-40 to -34°C). Garden centre favorites come first. Find your zone.
- Blushes of Cream peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Blushes of Cream'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Boy Kelway peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Boy Kelway'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Charlotte Lee peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Charlotte Lee'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Elizabeth Goff peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Elizabeth Goff'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Eney peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Eney'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Francelia peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Francelia'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Honourable Alfred Deakin peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Honourable Alfred Deakin'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Joy of Life peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Joy of Life'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Kemankeag peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Kemankeag'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Lady Rolph peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Lady Rolph'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Mrs. Love peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Mrs. Love'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Norumbega peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Norumbega'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Unknown Soldier peonyPaeonia lactiflora 'Unknown Soldier'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- Album turkscap lilyLilium martagon 'Album'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Loddon Royalist blue buglossAnchusa azurea 'Loddon Royalist'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- Cassandra tube clematisClematis heracleifolia 'Cassandra'Zones 3 to 8 · 3 ft
- Dalmatica dalmatian irisIris pallida 'Dalmatica'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 ft
- Morris Berd smooth phloxPhlox glaberrima 'Morris Berd'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 ft
- Parker fern-leaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina 'Parker'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 3 to 4 ft
- Elfin Pink bearded penstemonPenstemon barbatus 'Elfin Pink'Zones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 9 to 12"
- Salud Embers common sneezeweedHelenium autumnale 'Salud Embers'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade
- common astilboidesAstilboides tabularisZones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 3 to 4 ft
- flat-top goldentopEuthamia graminifoliaZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 3 to 6 ft
- groundplum milkvetchAstragalus crassicarpusZones 3 to 6 · Sun to shade · 12"
- largeleaf avensGeum macrophyllumZones 3 to 10 · Sun to shade · 1 to 2 ft
- pink lady's slipper orchidCypripedium acauleZones 3 to 7 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- plains evening primroseOenothera serrulatusZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- purple cinquefoilComarum palustreZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- scarlet Indian paintbrushCastilleja coccineaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- sierra larkspurDelphinium glaucumZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 4 to 9 ft
- slender blue irisIris prismaticaZones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 3 ft
- tall fringed bluebellsMertensia ciliataZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 4 ft
- blue buglossAnchusa azureaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 5 ft
- columbineAquilegia viridifloraZones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 6 to 12"
- false lily of the valleyMaianthemum bifoliumZones 3 to 7 · Part shade · 6 to 9"
- hairy alum rootHeuchera villosaZones 3 to 8 · Sun to shade · 2 to 3 ft
- lilyLilium pumilumZones 3 to 7 · Sun to part shade · 1 to 2 ft
- marsh purslaneLudwigia palustrisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 12"
- sea lavenderLimonium platyphyllumZones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 2 to 3 ft
- hairy goldenrodSolidago hispidaZones 3 to 8 · Full sun · 1 to 3 ft
- hostaHosta kiyosumiensisZones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade · 2 ft
- narrowleaf gentianGentiana linearisZones 3 to 7 · Full sun · 1 to 2 ft
- Bacchanal Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosa 'Bacchanal'Zones 3 to 9 · Part to full shade · 1 to 2 ft
- Riesenschirm spotted joe-pye weedEutrochium maculatum 'Riesenschirm'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 5 to 7 ft
- Feuerhexe carnationDianthus 'Feuerhexe'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 3 to 6"
- Martina yarrowAchillea 'Martina'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Snowflake perennial candytuftIberis sempervirens 'Snowflake'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun · 6 to 12"
- Summer Snow obedient plantPhysostegia virginiana 'Summer Snow'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Alba bellflowerCampanula isophylla 'Alba'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade · 2 to 3 ft
- Berlin Tallboy daylilyHemerocallis 'Berlin Tallboy'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Cayenne daylilyHemerocallis 'Cayenne'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Elizabeth Ann wild geraniumGeranium maculatum 'Elizabeth Ann'Zones 3 to 8 · Sun to part shade · 12 to 18"
- McDaniel moss phloxPhlox subulata 'McDaniel'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Mesa Yellow F1 gaillardiaGaillardia 'Mesa Yellow F1'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Performance Anxiety daylilyHemerocallis 'Performance Anxiety'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Plena bloodrootSanguinaria canadensis 'Plena'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade
- Radiant Moonbeam daylilyHemerocallis 'Radiant Moonbeam'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Red Plume gaillardiaGaillardia 'Red Plume'Zones 3 to 9 · Full sun
- Red Precious daylilyHemerocallis 'Red Precious'Zones 3 to 9 · Sun to part shade
- Ruby Slippers solomon's sealPolygonatum odoratum 'Ruby Slippers'Zones 3 to 8 · Part to full shade